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    PhilipTheBucketA to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

    Researchers identify previously unknown compound in drinking water

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    Researchers identify previously unknown compound in drinking water

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    PhilipTheBucketA to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago
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    A team of researchers from the United States and Switzerland has reported the discovery of a previously unknown compound in chloraminated drinking water. Inorganic chloramines are commonly used to disinfect drinking water to safeguard public health from diseases like cholera and typhoid fever. It's estimated that more than 113 million people in the United States alone drink chloraminated water.
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      Well I’m pretty sure that drinking water treated with chloramine is far preferable to drinking untreated water, so even if it is toxic, it’s not toxic enough at current levels to merit concern.

      It’s still worth investigating, because it’s good to have confirmation.

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        Might help to filter out the chemicals before drinking.

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          You can’t really “filter” out these chemicals when they’re fully dissolved in the water.

          There’s always distillation, but that’s not practical at all on the scale of drinking water for cities.

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            Reverse osmosis is the other option, but it’s also not cost-effective at city scale.

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              Ah, good point. Forgot about that one haha.

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            We have a home distiller and use it for all our drinking water. It’s very easy to use. Highly recommend.

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              What brand or model?

              • asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world
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                https://www.megahomedistiller.com/collections/frontpage/products/megahome-mh943sbs-water-distiller

                Made in Taiwan, too

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                  Thank you. That’s far cheaper than I expected.

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            I had thought activated charcoal could remove the chemicals. No I don’t mean city scale. I meant after the water comes out of the tap but before you drink it. City water has to be treated to not harbor too many germs.

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              It does for this. See: https://ponder.cat/post/752896/1007500

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            You can for this. See my comment: https://ponder.cat/post/752896/1007500

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              Ah, interesting. Didn’t think it would be caught by activated carbon. Good to know, thanks.

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          Definitely filter out that H2O chemical

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            There’s di-hydrogen monoxide in the water!

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        I’m also pretty sure you’re correct in saying so. I can’t recall any other treatments offhand, but there may be alternatives?

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